My piano teacher had this in her rec room. I watched it while waiting for my sister's lesson to finish.

If I recall correctly, someone's wife owned 51% of the bank's stock.posted by michaelh at 7:03 PM on May 18, 2013 [1 favorite]

As a (junior) citizen of the sixties, and an avid online citizen these days, I beg of you kids to understand what it was like then. In Canada, the Andy Griffith show was what was probably on at 4:00, or whatever. When we came home from school, communication stopped, unless it was some other kid calling you on the phone that hung in the kitchen and for which, there was no privacy.

I'm all dialled in to the web. I'm a developer of web applications. In fact, I discovered the web in 1993, before all you kids were born, when I gophered into UMich to get a spaghetti sauce recipe.

My mom and I were at the World Premier of his next film, The Reluctant Astronaut. It was at the Capitol Plaza Theater in Austin in 1967. We were the ones squished up against the glass by the crowd waiting for the doors to open...posted by jim in austin at 7:24 PM on May 18, 2013 [2 favorites]

Take John Wayne and Fess Parker and...posted by y2karl at 8:57 PM on May 18, 2013

The biggest pleasure of this film is the score by Vic Mizzy, the same fellow who did the score for the Addam's Family. Aside from the classic theme, the variety of atmospheric music on the show was exquisite and tango-based (he discusses it here.) His "Haunted Organ" theme from the Mr. Chicken is definitive.

The Portage Theater is right down the street from my house, and I was proud to work with my alderman to ensure it got landmark status, and will continue on as a theater and music venue, and not as a mega-church.posted by timsteil at 9:35 AM on May 19, 2013 [2 favorites]

I thought the Burt Mustin song was going to be the one from the old Nick at Nite bumper.posted by dr_dank at 11:41 AM on May 19, 2013 [1 favorite]

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